Detroit Free Press

When the new NFL league year opens next week, one item high on the Detroit Lions’ to-do list will be to find a backup quarterback for Jared Goff. Lions general manager Brad Holmes admitted at the NFL combine last week he neglected the No. 2 quarterback spot the past two seasons while trying to build

The best running back in this year’s NFL draft honed his moves by watching the greatest Detroit Lion of all-time. Texas running back Bijan Robinson told reporters at the NFL combine Saturday that he watches highlights of Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders “probably every other day because I’m always trying to, like, mimic

The best running back in this year’s NFL draft honed his moves by watching the greatest Detroit Lion of all-time. Texas running back Bijan Robinson told reporters at the NFL combine Saturday that he watches highlights of Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders “probably every other day because I’m always trying to, like, mimic

Anthony Richardson surprised no one Saturday when he turned in an NFL combine performance for the ages. Richardson, the talented Florida quarterback, set combine quarterback records in the vertical jump (40.5 inches) and broad jump (10-foot-9) and ran a blazing fast 40-yard dash time of 4.43 seconds while showing off his incredible arm strength. Richardson

Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions 2023 NFL opponents: Here’s who and where they play Detroit Lions face 14 different opponents over 17 games during the 2023 NFL season: 8 home games, 9 road games and 8 games vs. 2022 playoff teams. Marlowe Alter, Wochit INDIANAPOLIS — Dan Campbell insists his outlook hasn’t changed in

INDIANAPOLIS — Aaron Glenn played 15 NFL seasons with five different teams. He made three Pro Bowls as a cornerback, and in his second life as a coach, he knows what he wants in the position. “I think the first thing that (I look for) is personality,” Glenn said last week at the NFL combine. “Like,

Detroit Lions president Rod Wood sat down with the Free Press on Monday to discuss the state of the team after its 9-8 season and heading into a big offseason. Wood said the Lions are top candidates to play a game in Germany this fall and the team is waiting until 2024 to make uniform

INDIANAPOLIS — Scottie Montgomery’s late mother, Vera, was a hardened lady who worked a mill job in rural North Carolina. She got up at 4:30 a.m. to make breakfast for her family so she could be to work by 6, and sometimes worked a second job at night. So when Montgomery would gripe and complain

Dan Campbell said something worrisome on Wednesday at the NFL combine. It seemed like an innocuous comment at first. But I’ve heard it said enough by other coaches and general managers over the years that feels like it’s time for teams to revamp their process for interviewing prospective draft picks. It’s been no secret for

INDIANAPOLIS — The Detroit Lions are making big plans to get more out of explosive wide receiver Jameson Williams next season, and that could include using him on returns. Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp embraced the idea of incorporating Williams into a return role next season, when the team expects him fully healthy after

INDIANAPOLIS — Jake Moody grabbed his coat and hopped in his car as soon as he got the text. Calvin Johnson and Matt Prater were at a pizza place in Northville, and when Moody, a kicker at Northville High at the time, heard the news, he raced out the door hoping to meet one of

INDIANAPOLIS — It was a whirlwind two weeks for Ben Johnson, preparing for a Week 18 game that he thought could vault the Detroit Lions into the playoffs, deflatingly conducting player exit interviews when that didn’t happen, then cramming to interview for three head coaching jobs in less than a week. At one point, Johnson

Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell have a plan. It shouldn’t include Jalen Ramsey, unless the Rams’ cornerback can convince his team’s front office to ship him to Detroit for a couple of sixth-round picks and then offer to pay half of his $25 million salary cap hit. That’s ridiculous,

INDIANAPOLIS — Dan Campbell let two of his assistant coaches make lateral moves to other teams this offseason, but their departures and other staff changes give the Detroit Lions a chance to be better in 2023, Campbell said Wednesday at the NFL combine. The Lions replaced running backs coach/assistant head coach Duce Staley with Scottie